Recent content by alanwheeldon

I am after a painter and decorator to do some work on my house in Wolverhampton but I dont want to just keep ringing around in the yellow pages to try and find a good trader. I can find lots of information on rouge traders but is there a website/list somewhere that has all the good traders?

ok that is fine. The garage will be for one car and a workshop. Would there be a different type of breeze block for the foundations and how would I go about starting the first layer. Do you just pour concrete in the trench then start a level row of bricks?? What hight would the DPC need...

Hi guys. I want to build a garage 21 feet by 21 feet (roughly) at the bottom of my garden. I have never done any brick work before but am willing to give it a try. I am thinking of using breeze block as they look easier to work with. Currently the garden is slabbed with 2.5" slabs...

Yes its the flex cable from the cooker to the wall plate im talking about, what size should that be? The old cooker was connected with a 2.5mm flex on the 6mm ring circuit, is it ok to reuse this cable Do you mean 6mm is fine for the circuit so I dont need to touch that as I just want to...

What size flex do I need to use for a 9000w cooker. The existing circuit in the house uses a 6mm twin and earth cable and a 32A MCB, do I need to change this to a 45A? I know 1.5mm flex is good for upto 3600w but i dont know about anything above this. I would have said i need a 6mm flex...

Im away from home and wont be back till Saturday so no photo im afraid :( Yes there are 2 lighting circuits, one on both RCD's but the other light circuit is ok. I will have a go at the test this weekend when Im home and take it from there :)

I know bits but im not a qualified electrician. I was going to do a dead test of Insulation Resistance and a Polarity test next, I have the equipment to do this. Like you said, the 2 circuits could be connected together? this test should find out weather any short circuits exist. Would...

Its all wired up correctly in the counsmer unit, so what can I check next?

I have a problem if someone can point me in the right direction that would be great :) When I turn the kitchen light on and off it trips all the kitchen sockets off at the consumer unit, the lights remain working?? There are 2 RCD's in the consumer unit, the light circuit is connected to...

I went to buy some solder and bumped into a nice plummer who said he would cut and fix the pipe for £35 :) He is here now to save the day :D

heres the little bugger Im not too bad at soldering so ill give that a go first :)

its one of the main (22mm i think) pipes that goes to the boiler. Ive turned the water off so it has stopped leaking but how do I fix it?? Would I have to replace the pipe or would i be able to solder the hole back up?? The hole has about a 2mm radius Cheers, Alan

the water pipes for my boiler make a horrible tapping/ticking noise and its starting to get to me now. It only happens when the pipes are hot and its constant. Sometimes it starts with a slow ticking then it gradually increases then it will stop for a while. Is there anything I can do to stop...

Thanks, that was mainly what I was unsure on. I did everything on satarday and all is working and testing fine, thanks for your help guys :)

I believe I am but im not 100% sure on this one, thats why im asking for help